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>> ask us a hard one. >> cares about average people? >> of course obama is going to win on that. >> consistent? >> consistent, probably obama, because of the press -- [laughter] wait, i've got one word to say. obama on same-sex marriage, right? in favor when he ran for state senate, a post when he ran statewide -- >> he evolved. >> that is not a flip-flop when you are republican -- >> exactly right. >> how about its record? > -- straight forward? >> i give that to romney. obviously, fox has failed again. >> john f. kennedy was a person of courage, but people like him because he was a real person. >> what does that mean? >> you know what that means big he looked like a real person, not a ken doll. >> this kind of hagiography -- "he looks like a real person"? >> romney has been playing before -- you look at the people standing before barack obama, the kennedy audience, another picture of america. a romney audience, you see -- >> kennedy fitted humphrey in the primary not because he was so but because he had a father who was a billionaire.
>> ask us a hard one. >> cares about average people? >> of course obama is going to win on that. >> consistent? >> consistent, probably obama, because of the press -- [laughter] wait, i've got one word to say. obama on same-sex marriage, right? in favor when he ran for state senate, a post when he ran statewide -- >> he evolved. >> that is not a flip-flop when you are republican -- >> exactly right. >> how about its record? > -- straight...
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not surprising that people don't use the debates to decide but use it for something else. >> that's right. most people will go into these debates, if you like obama, you will think he did a debate job. romney has said that he wants to use the debates as a clarifying moment. he thinks the democrats have waged an inaccurate campaign. he has said he expects obama to tell more untruths on the debate stage but he thinks there is a real opportunity for him. there is congratulations from the romney campaign, what a great debater obama is and in some ways they are mediocre debaters. there have been some mistakes. obama is likeable enough moment with hillary clinton. gwen: think of the debates you have covered, chuck -- >> because i'm old. [laughter] gwen: which once would you say have made a difference in the outcome? >> well, i'm not actually this old -- [laughter] >> clearly when gerald ford said that the poland not under soviet domination that was one of his memorable type of gaffes and the big putdown from lloyd bentsten and dan quayle. they don't have a moment where they say that guy is clea
not surprising that people don't use the debates to decide but use it for something else. >> that's right. most people will go into these debates, if you like obama, you will think he did a debate job. romney has said that he wants to use the debates as a clarifying moment. he thinks the democrats have waged an inaccurate campaign. he has said he expects obama to tell more untruths on the debate stage but he thinks there is a real opportunity for him. there is congratulations from the...
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bain capital will be back in front of us. income tax returns will be back in front of us. the question is -- what is this individual really about at his court? how did he make his money? what did he do with his money? all those questions are so germane. >> no question about that, but he says he will put america back to work. how will he do that? >> he says if we remove the restrictions from business and the overtaxes, this will unleash prosperity that will filter down to all americans. all boats will rise together on this rising tide of prosperity. democrats say we have tried that and it does not work. one point about his personality -- what mitt romney lacks is a compelling story. john mccain had a compelling story. barack obama has a compelling story. mitt romney's story of growing up in a life of privilege, going to prep school where he cut off another kid's hair -- you know, starting a business that became a successful business, that is the story. if we can find enough rouge -- >> john mccain had a war story. >> mitt romney was a rich kid with a lot of connections. >>
bain capital will be back in front of us. income tax returns will be back in front of us. the question is -- what is this individual really about at his court? how did he make his money? what did he do with his money? all those questions are so germane. >> no question about that, but he says he will put america back to work. how will he do that? >> he says if we remove the restrictions from business and the overtaxes, this will unleash prosperity that will filter down to all...
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he is leaving us with a 1.7% economic expansion. that is a disaster. the romney argument is not widespread the argument is we conducted a keynesian experiment and it did not succeed. we spend all this money on programs, crony capitalism, and government jobs, which is not the key to growth. that is the major distinction between the policies of the left and right, democrats and conservatives. >> while we do all this equal time of was at fault, let me point out one thing. torch -- george herbert walker -- george herbert walker bush dared to raise taxes in 1991. since then, republicans have not voted for a single tax increase, and that has become the theology, the ideology, the definition of the party, and that is irresponsible. >> let's talk about the deficit. >> we are told that huge tax cuts, especially for the wealthiest americans, would lead to faster job growth. we were told that fewer regulations, especially for big financial institutions and corporations, would bring about widespread prosperity. we were told that it was ok to put two wars on the na
he is leaving us with a 1.7% economic expansion. that is a disaster. the romney argument is not widespread the argument is we conducted a keynesian experiment and it did not succeed. we spend all this money on programs, crony capitalism, and government jobs, which is not the key to growth. that is the major distinction between the policies of the left and right, democrats and conservatives. >> while we do all this equal time of was at fault, let me point out one thing. torch -- george...
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or mark rubio using that same language. they seem to go after the process more than the actual act. >> the symbolism here is probably what's important to the administration just from talking to different pep that look, if you're trying to appeal to a community during an election cycle and you're saying, look, we're going to take the pressure off the young people who are in school, who are for all intents and purposes doing the right thing, they're saying officially we're taking you guys off the table. but again on the employment issue and on the political issue, this is an issue people feel so deeply about. gwen: and also the fact a lot of the people 15 to 30 are serving in the armed forces. also trying to make the sympathy point on that as well. thanks, pierre. immigration, as you can tell, is one of government's most reliably hot-button issues. if you add to that guns, national security and boating rights, you begin to see why the department of justice is washington's lightning rod. attorney general eric holder has become
or mark rubio using that same language. they seem to go after the process more than the actual act. >> the symbolism here is probably what's important to the administration just from talking to different pep that look, if you're trying to appeal to a community during an election cycle and you're saying, look, we're going to take the pressure off the young people who are in school, who are for all intents and purposes doing the right thing, they're saying officially we're taking you guys...
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we are very religious, all of the things that make us republican, and except that they do not want us here. >> for now they must leave their losses. they know tomorrow the battle starts over again. >> despite president obama's victory his celebration may be short-lived. last night voters voted to keep the house of representatives in republican control. as you have seen, the divisions between the parties about how to deal with economic problems are fast. -- vast. >> this is a land where nothing changed overnight, a land still stuck in an economic rut. times are tough at the barber shop run by ivan loyd. obama has another chance to get the economy back on track. ?an he do it chairma >> when you see things that are happening on the economic front and the last couple months, that is a good sign. >> if you think obama is on the right track? >> yes. >> how to deal with a country so undivided. the wealth gap is clear. so is the ideological divide. the president has to work with a split congress. in the senate they strengthen the narrow majority. in the lower house, republicans still have sol
we are very religious, all of the things that make us republican, and except that they do not want us here. >> for now they must leave their losses. they know tomorrow the battle starts over again. >> despite president obama's victory his celebration may be short-lived. last night voters voted to keep the house of representatives in republican control. as you have seen, the divisions between the parties about how to deal with economic problems are fast. -- vast. >> this is a...
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i thought it would make sense for us to do it. playing the character he plays, it will allow us to get the points out. whether or not it made sense, i did it, i had a good time. i knew he was popular and people watch the show, and i've been on everything the last few weeks. the response from that of parents and has just been unbelievable. i raise that to ask what is it about our culture and our society that makes that kind of satire works so well? >> whee are so rife with hypocrisy, it is all around us. it is everywhere, it is not just even in the political forum, it is in the media coverage, the news coverage of politics. it is so abundantly hypocritical at times, and i think that just from my experience on the daily show, that is what we always look for. it was never an ideological and go, how do we secure the right wing or whatever. it was always who is being hypocritical here? that is the very foundation of the colbert report. a character that is so ridiculously hypocritical and self involved, i think it is a release valve for
i thought it would make sense for us to do it. playing the character he plays, it will allow us to get the points out. whether or not it made sense, i did it, i had a good time. i knew he was popular and people watch the show, and i've been on everything the last few weeks. the response from that of parents and has just been unbelievable. i raise that to ask what is it about our culture and our society that makes that kind of satire works so well? >> whee are so rife with hypocrisy, it is...
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gwen: this guy turned us down, so the rest of us are going to have to talk about the big debate and today's big job numbers, tonight on "washington week." >> the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you, will trickle-down government would work. >> governor romney has a perspective that says if he cut taxes skewed towards the wealthy and roll back regulations we'll be better off. gwen: 90 minutes later, even democrats gave the debate win to roll any. but after the dust settled, what was true and what wasn't? >> it is not possible to come up with enough loopholes and deductions to only affect high-income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. it's math. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. gwen: and will today's improved jobs numbers change the political landscape again? debating, peter baker of "the new york times," dan balz of the "washington post." jeann
gwen: this guy turned us down, so the rest of us are going to have to talk about the big debate and today's big job numbers, tonight on "washington week." >> the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you, will trickle-down government would work. >> governor romney has a perspective that says if he cut taxes skewed towards the wealthy and roll back...
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it is all around us. it is everywhere. it is not just even in the political forum, it is in the media coverage. the news coverage of politics is just so abundantly hypocritical at times. i think that just from my experience on "the daily show," that is what we always looked for. it was never an ideological angle, like how do we skewer the right wing or whatever. it was always who is being hypocritical here. that is the very foundation of "the colbert report" is a character who is so ridiculously hypocritical -- tavis: [laughs] >> and self-involved that i think that it is a release valve for fans who are just sort of fed up and angry with all of this hypocrisy around us, and then they get to see a guy like jon stewart just nail it, like really surgically dissect why what barack obama said in that situation was ludicrously hypocritical, or what bill o'reilly said, or whomever. it is also fun. ende's a little bit of an of the day it is just for laughs, and so it has some meaty content and some fun to it. tavis: there is great
it is all around us. it is everywhere. it is not just even in the political forum, it is in the media coverage. the news coverage of politics is just so abundantly hypocritical at times. i think that just from my experience on "the daily show," that is what we always looked for. it was never an ideological angle, like how do we skewer the right wing or whatever. it was always who is being hypocritical here. that is the very foundation of "the colbert report" is a character...
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what do these numbers tell us? >> in the first place the only reason the numbers went down from 1.3 to 1.1 is not because we created a lot of jobs. it's because a lot of people left the labor force so the fraction changes. we have add very, very weak recovery of jobs in the last three or four years despite the fact that we have had the largesesfinancial -- economic stimulus program, over a trillion dollars every year, the most active monetary policy. we've had zero policy rates for the better part of four years, yet it has not worked. so we have a here. >> okay. obama's friends. >> now, our friends down in tampa at the republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with america, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. they want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. and that's because all they have to offer is the same prescriptions they've had for the last 30 years. have a surplus? try a tax cut. deficit too high? try another. feel a
what do these numbers tell us? >> in the first place the only reason the numbers went down from 1.3 to 1.1 is not because we created a lot of jobs. it's because a lot of people left the labor force so the fraction changes. we have add very, very weak recovery of jobs in the last three or four years despite the fact that we have had the largesesfinancial -- economic stimulus program, over a trillion dollars every year, the most active monetary policy. we've had zero policy rates for the...
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. >> i believe what's stopping us is not our capacity to meet our challenges but our politics. gwen: we peer through the lens with a special political roundtable, chuck babington of the associated press, dan balz of the "washington post," jan crawford of cbs news and amy walter from abc news. >> award winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, this is washington week with gwen ifill, produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by >> one line helps communities turn plans into reality, helps shippers forge a path to prosper ity, helps workers get back to work. one line is is an engine for the economy and the future. norfolk southern, one line, infinite possibilities. >> we know why we're here, to chart a greener path in the air and in our factoryies. >> to find cleaner, more efficient ways to power flight. >> and harness our technology for new energy solutions. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to build a better tomorrow. >> that's why we're here.
. >> i believe what's stopping us is not our capacity to meet our challenges but our politics. gwen: we peer through the lens with a special political roundtable, chuck babington of the associated press, dan balz of the "washington post," jan crawford of cbs news and amy walter from abc news. >> award winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, this is washington week with gwen ifill, produced in association with national...
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they're going to use the convention as modern conventions are used. >> right. >> so many things were supposed to shake the dynamic on the race, the supreme court decision on health care. are there any events that could actually change things? >> so this race is as stuck as it is because americans are as polarized. when you look at these polls an you look at undecided voters, there's very few of those people. regardless of how you feel about certain events or whether it's the supreme court or any other event that happens between now and november, you're going to -- you have already picked a side. so it's going to be mitt romney's fault or barack obama fault. no matter what. i do think in terms of seeing the numbers move, do i think that picking a vice president is going -- we might see little bump there -- traditionally you have had a bump. i think the one issue -- the good news for mitt romney, the one issue he's had is that he hasn't necessarily coalesced republicans yet. they're not looking around for somebody else. but the enthusiasm for mitt romney is not as strong as the -- amon
they're going to use the convention as modern conventions are used. >> right. >> so many things were supposed to shake the dynamic on the race, the supreme court decision on health care. are there any events that could actually change things? >> so this race is as stuck as it is because americans are as polarized. when you look at these polls an you look at undecided voters, there's very few of those people. regardless of how you feel about certain events or whether it's the...
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we've got what i used to say on the stump and people used to pay attention because no other candidate could say, hey, i've just lived in china. let me tell you what i saw from 10,000 miles away. that was a nation that today is in a funk. we're just dispirited. we're dejengted for all kinds of reasons. it's been built up over many years. but you walk the streets of beijing. you walk the streets in china and there's energy. there's blue sky. everyone thinks their time has arrived. we get, you know, that china has had the largest economy in the world for the 18 of the last 20 centuries. >> rose: that's an interesting point. they never thought they came from nowhere. they are returning to where they had always been. >> that's right. you look at the hierarchy of economies in 1820 and you have the chinese economy, the indian economy and we're there at number nine. people don't reflect on history a lot when they look at the world economy today and where it's going. but i'd like to share with people on the stump that the view from 10,000 miles away is a great country that has every attribute
we've got what i used to say on the stump and people used to pay attention because no other candidate could say, hey, i've just lived in china. let me tell you what i saw from 10,000 miles away. that was a nation that today is in a funk. we're just dispirited. we're dejengted for all kinds of reasons. it's been built up over many years. but you walk the streets of beijing. you walk the streets in china and there's energy. there's blue sky. everyone thinks their time has arrived. we get, you...
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. >> americans want us to focus on jobs, not on raising taxes. >> you have to give the republicans credit. they are very clear about their agenda. >> there you go. look at this politico headline -- "congress takes a summer break as members try to run." economists believe that the country could go back into recession -- recession, i should say. increased taxes, huge cuts in military spending. defense contractors are nervous, talking about falling off a cliff in january. politico reported on friday that democrats and republicans are thinking about the unthinkable -- it may be preferable to allow the bush tax cuts to expire for the shock value, forcing concessions from both sides. where are these people added, evan? >> over the cliff. i don't think they have it in them. it does not mean that the country will be thrown into recession right away. they will use the time in january, february, much to get some kind of deal . >> mark, 8.3% unemployment. what is the government going to do? >> 163,000 jobs. 100,000 had been predicted. the only place anybody is looking for help or action is the feder
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will they accept us as equals? the muslim brotherhood and their promises, they have never fulfilled a promise. >> nearly half of the egyptian voters have backed him. he does his message well, the advertising agency designed it. can he believe in his message? >> we are people that claim to be secular and democratic. there is no doubt that we will support him as our president because he has been elected by the people. >> can egypt when in this situation? >> egypt could win. they have shown the world that we do respect democracy. >> egypt is deeply polarized. there may be have of that binds to carry it through. >> for more on the opinions of those in egypt and throughout the arab world, i am joined with someone who served at the executive center. thank you for joining me. i want to pick up on the last thought, talking about a polarized country, but still a nation. the revolution exposed those divisions, but there is enough of a common cause that can unite the egyptians? >> i do think there is enough of a common core.
will they accept us as equals? the muslim brotherhood and their promises, they have never fulfilled a promise. >> nearly half of the egyptian voters have backed him. he does his message well, the advertising agency designed it. can he believe in his message? >> we are people that claim to be secular and democratic. there is no doubt that we will support him as our president because he has been elected by the people. >> can egypt when in this situation? >> egypt could...
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for joining us. when barack obama was torn in new jersey, he was the president of the u.s., but he was also there as a candidate hoping for four more years in the job. with just six days to go, politics is inevitable part of the response. what we don't know is how it will affect the race. for more, i spoke with douglas brinkley whose experiences are chronicled in the book, the great delusion. >> well, we did have the 2005 hurricane katrina which devastated the gulf south america. we had 2000 people killed in that disaster. we have never had something like this, and actual disaster. what was learned from katrina is that george w. bush got a lot of phones down for doing a flyover and for not going into louisiana. for acting like he could look at it from a distance. all politicians have learned from his mistakes. uc barack obama cancelling his campaign, going to new jersey, and meeting with chris christie, a republican. most people in the u.s. he has done a good job. he was talking with the army corps a
for joining us. when barack obama was torn in new jersey, he was the president of the u.s., but he was also there as a candidate hoping for four more years in the job. with just six days to go, politics is inevitable part of the response. what we don't know is how it will affect the race. for more, i spoke with douglas brinkley whose experiences are chronicled in the book, the great delusion. >> well, we did have the 2005 hurricane katrina which devastated the gulf south america. we had...
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romney can take over you could still use the plane. (laughter) though maybe a smaller one, not that big gas guzzler that you're driving around when you're going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. (laughter) you're an ecological man. why would you want to drive that truck around? (laughter) okay. well, anyway. i'm sorry, i can't do that to myself, either. (laughter) but i'd just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. something that i think is very important is that you, we... we own this country. (cheers and applause) >> rose: fol rogue eastwood, marco rubio, the senator from florida gave what many consider the best speech of the convention. >> we're bound together by common values, that family is the most important institution in society. (cheers and applause) and that almighty god is the source of all we have. (cheers and applause) we're special. we're special because we've never made the mistake of believing that we are so smart that we can rely solely on our leaders or on our government. ou
romney can take over you could still use the plane. (laughter) though maybe a smaller one, not that big gas guzzler that you're driving around when you're going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. (laughter) you're an ecological man. why would you want to drive that truck around? (laughter) okay. well, anyway. i'm sorry, i can't do that to myself, either. (laughter) but i'd just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. something that i think is very...
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you know how ceos, by the way we used to have ceos that the average ceo in america used to be eight years and how it is less than six, so you have -- we have behavior that is being challenged by this process. and we need -- men and women, whether they are ceos or politicians to start talking out loud for doing the right thing for this country, and what i would say for our grandchildren. >> rose: and that is the greatest challenge how do you get somehow get that to be, it is a necessity how d how do yout to be the momentum idea? >> well this is one of the things -- >> rose: it is a rolling stone that is fathering -- >> one of the things we have tried to do and blackrock has never been, you know, an outspoken firm in trying to create an idea, and we recently launched a campaign on this whole idea of longevity. >> rose: right. we will talk about that. >> and to me, you know, it is not a problem today, but it truly is a problem today if you are a 35-year-old person and you just are beginning to build your retirement, you are just starting at a late age of 35 which is happening more and more i
you know how ceos, by the way we used to have ceos that the average ceo in america used to be eight years and how it is less than six, so you have -- we have behavior that is being challenged by this process. and we need -- men and women, whether they are ceos or politicians to start talking out loud for doing the right thing for this country, and what i would say for our grandchildren. >> rose: and that is the greatest challenge how do you get somehow get that to be, it is a necessity...
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it took us a long time to do the right thing in civil rights legislation. but we are seeing the perfection if i could use that term of the ways in which the two pears have become polarized in ways that overlap ideology, region and partisan and so the walls are getting thicker and thicker. and buzz of that it trickles down to the state level. and the gerrymandering that we see that reinforces the strength of people in particular pockets in the country means that most members now fear a primary challenge more than they fear a general election challenge and that gives all the incentives for ideolo gs to push -- gwen: is it fair to say that either side is being more intrasigent? >> yes, because they're a more ideological party. the block of conservatives is more than the block of liberals. the competition within the republican party has a higher of purity than democrats do. 60% of the votes that mitt romney got in 2012 were from people who call themselves conservatives. only 42% of the votes the president got where from people who call themselves liberal. a mor
it took us a long time to do the right thing in civil rights legislation. but we are seeing the perfection if i could use that term of the ways in which the two pears have become polarized in ways that overlap ideology, region and partisan and so the walls are getting thicker and thicker. and buzz of that it trickles down to the state level. and the gerrymandering that we see that reinforces the strength of people in particular pockets in the country means that most members now fear a primary...
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we need to help her and her older sister explain to us what has happened. on the shores of the late, there's this belief tonight, does believe that it took so long to find a little girl, but also does believe that the shootings happened here at all. these british holidaymakers were driving in the same area at the time of the attack. >> it is scary. when we look at the map this morning and trace where we have been and how close it was to where the incident happened, it is dreadful. >> as well as shop, there is fear in this region tonight, that the perpetrators are still at large. the french president says everything possible will be done to find them and to restore the outline -- alpine calm. >> an awful story there from france. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on the program, the last of the americana miners are freed from prison, but a deal to end the strike over pay is still elusive. now, here is something you probably will not see any of the presidential candidates doing in america -- the russian leader vladimir putin has found ti
we need to help her and her older sister explain to us what has happened. on the shores of the late, there's this belief tonight, does believe that it took so long to find a little girl, but also does believe that the shootings happened here at all. these british holidaymakers were driving in the same area at the time of the attack. >> it is scary. when we look at the map this morning and trace where we have been and how close it was to where the incident happened, it is dreadful....
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romney is behind us. the president is on his own. just weeks ago at the democratic convention he had a nice assist from former president bill clinton. bill clinton has weighed in on this issue. again, it is one thing for you and me to talk about. when bill clinton says something, people start to pay attention. he has weighed in on this and said something i want you to unpack. he has argued that the republicans what the electorate in 2012 to look like the 2010 electorate and not like the 2008 electorate. explain what he meant by thtat. >> if you look at the 2008 electorate, it was a the per se electric, a denver electorate. and it signaled a democrat change in the country and what the electorate will look like going forward in 2016 and beyond. that is why i called the coalition of the ascendant. if you look at 2010, it was an electorate that was older and more conservative. that is why republicans did so well in 2010 and not so well in 2008. clinton said this is not rocket science, that what republicans want to do is they want to make
romney is behind us. the president is on his own. just weeks ago at the democratic convention he had a nice assist from former president bill clinton. bill clinton has weighed in on this issue. again, it is one thing for you and me to talk about. when bill clinton says something, people start to pay attention. he has weighed in on this and said something i want you to unpack. he has argued that the republicans what the electorate in 2012 to look like the 2010 electorate and not like the 2008...
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we don't want is to have a system whereby they can clearly and use subterfuge to go from whatever it is up to 20%. we have to have some kind of monitoring here in order to make sure this is for real and not another fake. >> if they were to allow enrichment and hold it to 20% as they seem to be guaranteeing would that be verifiable and would that satisfy israel so that they could enrich to that extent, which they can now do? and they're now doing it, i believe. >> they are enriching it, but they're not supposed to enrich to the that level of 20%. >> what should the level be? >> four and a half or five. >> i thought it was between five and ten. >> we've agreed to provide them whatever. >> foreign policy issue in this coming election is there one that you can conceive of coming to bear? >> i always think of former defense secretary rumsfeld talking about there are known unknowns et cetera. physicals there is some foreign policy cries this is an election about jobs and economy. and what the president has done is successfully neutralized what has always been a republican advantage on fore
we don't want is to have a system whereby they can clearly and use subterfuge to go from whatever it is up to 20%. we have to have some kind of monitoring here in order to make sure this is for real and not another fake. >> if they were to allow enrichment and hold it to 20% as they seem to be guaranteeing would that be verifiable and would that satisfy israel so that they could enrich to that extent, which they can now do? and they're now doing it, i believe. >> they are enriching...
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using deposits as collateral, as -- the term of the loan? >> yes, they were using their -- the money that is deposited to make loans. that's the principle. some of the banks were using it to gamble in effect on -- this was not their -- they had hundreds of billions of dollars of loans outstanding, they were trying to -- >> what does the vocal rule prohibit? >> the vocal rule prohibits against proprietary training, trading for their own accounts. >> using -- [not understandable] >> the equity of a bank. >> that's right. >> that is composed of what? deposes its of the -- >> no, no. that's the obligation. [overlapping speakers] >> the banks do not -- they use that money, but that's not the equity of the bank. this is one of best capitalized banks in the world some they can afford this. so but it did make a big -- he presented it bandly enough. >> how much does jamie diamond make a year? >> he made $23 million, i believe, last year. >> and did he get his 15 billion-dollar bonus? million dollar bonus? >> i think that's a -- includes the bonus. >>
using deposits as collateral, as -- the term of the loan? >> yes, they were using their -- the money that is deposited to make loans. that's the principle. some of the banks were using it to gamble in effect on -- this was not their -- they had hundreds of billions of dollars of loans outstanding, they were trying to -- >> what does the vocal rule prohibit? >> the vocal rule prohibits against proprietary training, trading for their own accounts. >> using -- [not...
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surely the financial crisis is now upon us. >> that is absolutely true. he said actually american people understand the need for compromise, doing a deal on all sorts of things in life. he said that their elected representatives do not follow the same pattern of behavior and should start doing that. he is conceding that america currently has a dysfunctional political system in washington, and it is taking it to the edge of the fiscal cliff with all the consequences that we know will follow. the consequences are being revealed in the reaction of the markets here in america and in europe. people know the recession could follow if they do not do a deal, and that is why he is trying to get one. >> thank you very much for joining us. there is still no deal yet, but as the economic crisis has shown, 2012 will not be known as the year of political unity in washington. it may come as a surprise, but some of the nation's leaders have been immortalized in a work of art. "the network" is a video installation done by an artist. i went to the national portrait gallery
surely the financial crisis is now upon us. >> that is absolutely true. he said actually american people understand the need for compromise, doing a deal on all sorts of things in life. he said that their elected representatives do not follow the same pattern of behavior and should start doing that. he is conceding that america currently has a dysfunctional political system in washington, and it is taking it to the edge of the fiscal cliff with all the consequences that we know will...
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what they said is bill clinton gave me the words to use. one woman who volunteered coordinator in pasadena, she said bill clinton gave me words to use to tell volunteers when i'm on the phone. nobody else did that. >> he articulated what the democratic party is doing. >> belva: the democrats are saying this was a starting point. i didn't need anybody who said the message is what we heard in the auditorium. one group, though, that has seemed satisfied was the gay community. >> yeah. >> belva: they were repeatedly called to the front. what about that move on behalf of the president to bring them into community and their response to it? >> there may be a backlash, right, joe? >> in the hall and gay community, it was huge. big week for folks and gay folks. the first time the democratic party platform acknowledged or endorsed same-sex marriage in the platform. i got to north carolina a couple days early and went to a black church. the supporters four years ago, you know what, they say they are not for gay marriage. they will not vote. they will
what they said is bill clinton gave me the words to use. one woman who volunteered coordinator in pasadena, she said bill clinton gave me words to use to tell volunteers when i'm on the phone. nobody else did that. >> he articulated what the democratic party is doing. >> belva: the democrats are saying this was a starting point. i didn't need anybody who said the message is what we heard in the auditorium. one group, though, that has seemed satisfied was the gay community. >>...
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this report. -- extraordinary has sent us -- correspondent has sent us this report. >> mitt romney. like his opponent, he's amassed countless air miles chasing every last vote. in those parts of america, the balance could tip in his favor. today his supporters gathered for one last rally to waive the flag and cheer their -- wave the flag and cheer their man. >> i'm extremely hopeful. i love my country too so i hope it gets the president it deserves. it's a wakeup call for america because i believe if we don't turn things around now our children will suffer and their children. >> it's been a bruising contest in an increasingly divided nation. an election fueled by one question above all -- who's got the stronger plan for the economy? >> what's the climate been like? >> difficult. very difficult. money's tight, people don't want to buy anything necessarily that they don't necessarily need. and they're losing their homes. >> the next president of the united states, mitt romney! >> this is mitt romney's second run at the presidency. even his father ran for the white house and he's used
this report. -- extraordinary has sent us -- correspondent has sent us this report. >> mitt romney. like his opponent, he's amassed countless air miles chasing every last vote. in those parts of america, the balance could tip in his favor. today his supporters gathered for one last rally to waive the flag and cheer their -- wave the flag and cheer their man. >> i'm extremely hopeful. i love my country too so i hope it gets the president it deserves. it's a wakeup call for america...
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we are glad you have joined us. the conversation with mike wallace -- with michael hastings, coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: michael hastings is a noted journalist who serves as a contributing editor at "rolling stone." his interview with stanley mcchrystal led to the firing of america's top man in afghanistan in 2010. his book is based on that experience and more reporting about america's longest war. it is called "the operators -- the world and terrifying inside story of the american war in afghanistan." michael joins us tonight from new york. >> it is an honor to be here. a huge fan of your work. tavis: glad to have you on. let me start with the cover of the book. t
we are glad you have joined us. the conversation with mike wallace -- with michael hastings, coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: michael...
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i wonder that's a consideration of using his executive authority. is there any reason to think that might happen? >> i don't have any reason to think that. i think for one thing that tim geithner made clear because revenues have been a little more than expected, they have more wiggle room that they can push it into february 2013. the tax cuts would have to be dealt with before that. if the republicans want to do the same thing they did in august of last year, i don't see how the president stops him. >> in spite of all the gridlock, i noticed one thing did happen in the senate this week. they confirmed a couple of people. why did that go through? it seems the only sunshine -- >> you're right. the president nominated a republican and a democrat for two seats in the federal reserve. there apparently was enough said that the fed needed two people that they got the 60 votes they needed. of course these two candidates through the confirmation process. it means since 2006 that the fed has had seven governors. will it make any difference in policy? i think
i wonder that's a consideration of using his executive authority. is there any reason to think that might happen? >> i don't have any reason to think that. i think for one thing that tim geithner made clear because revenues have been a little more than expected, they have more wiggle room that they can push it into february 2013. the tax cuts would have to be dealt with before that. if the republicans want to do the same thing they did in august of last year, i don't see how the president...
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on twitter. -- you can find us on twitter. see you tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions...
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it showed us that he was very rich, but we knew that already. it told us he'd made a little less money than he'd disclosed earlier in the year. we know that he kept his tax rate down by only claiming part of his charitable deductions, in order to not violate what he told an interviewer over the summer, which was that he never paid less than 13%. for the average million-dollar income, it's 25%. he's doing well because of the fact that virtually all of his income is in capital gains. and he also put out a statement that was an assertion by his accounting firm saying that over 20 years he'd paid an average tax rate of 20%. never had a year in which he paid no income tax. gwen: brings us to the harry reid -- >> he was trying to respond to harry reid, who had asserted that he'd never paid taxes. gwen: which is not true. does any of that matter? is this just getting it out of the way? >> i think this was the least worse worst moment for him to do this. the window was closing. he had promised to release his taxes. the debate coming up october 3. he mig
it showed us that he was very rich, but we knew that already. it told us he'd made a little less money than he'd disclosed earlier in the year. we know that he kept his tax rate down by only claiming part of his charitable deductions, in order to not violate what he told an interviewer over the summer, which was that he never paid less than 13%. for the average million-dollar income, it's 25%. he's doing well because of the fact that virtually all of his income is in capital gains. and he also...
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i'm going to be the one that can get us beyond that. it's two things, it's to appeal to independents. but another piece of it is the growing realization that congress is going to be divided regardless of who is elected as president and this next president has to deal with a divided government. gwen: i wonder how much of this is about economic development and the jobs numbers can play into that. people are saying they feel good about the economy even though they don't trust the president. >> i see these job numbers as basically being status quo. they can affect things in a big way. the decimal point kicked up one point but the actual job number was a little higher than forecasted. mitt romney has won the economy, not by a huge margin. generally, that's a good thing for a challenger. he's won the issue of bipartisan. i think president obama's trying to close some of that ground. but people will say that the ability to capture the center is important to them. they seem to be tilting a little bit in mitt romney's favor. those are good funda
i'm going to be the one that can get us beyond that. it's two things, it's to appeal to independents. but another piece of it is the growing realization that congress is going to be divided regardless of who is elected as president and this next president has to deal with a divided government. gwen: i wonder how much of this is about economic development and the jobs numbers can play into that. people are saying they feel good about the economy even though they don't trust the president....
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these images appeared to show using small weapons. activists claimed he hit an approach and armored vehicle. today, the french president tried to give them a political boost. >> france asks the opposition to form an operational government that can become a representational government of the new syria. >> mr. hollande promised that france would recognize such a government, but that prospect is a long way off. bbc news, the bridge. >> in an interview today, the new egyptian president called for the president assad allies to help to get him out of power. he says it is time for him to disappear from the scene. now, in afghanistan, a rush of violence with several attacks across the country. in the most brutal, 17 afghans were beheaded in the volatile helmand province, and there are new questions about the country's ability to secure itself, and and another setback, and afghan soldier shot dead some in afghanistan today in the latest green on blue attack. with more on both of these incidents, i am joined by a senior political analyst at the
these images appeared to show using small weapons. activists claimed he hit an approach and armored vehicle. today, the french president tried to give them a political boost. >> france asks the opposition to form an operational government that can become a representational government of the new syria. >> mr. hollande promised that france would recognize such a government, but that prospect is a long way off. bbc news, the bridge. >> in an interview today, the new egyptian...
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a sense of where the promised land is and thenask us to do something. we had two huge windows after 9/11 and after barack obama got elected where people wanted that called sense of shared sacrifice and both politicians didn't do it. >> rose: is obama's future somehow beyond him buzz it is one the economy, and two, who the republicans might choose? >> i would say anglo americais in more control of barack obama's future than he is. if europe implodes, then, you know, rickantorum or anybody could be elected against him. he has some responsility, though, and just to build on the last point, i think obama's problem, and this is not -- the republicans have their problems, but their solutions are not out of scale with the problem, they have very big solutions, one of rick santorum's long-term vulnerabilities is he thinks paul ryan is too modest in cutting medicare, he wants to start with today's retirees if you are 55 or 65 he wants to cut with you and believe me that would be a deep problem in the general election but at least it is a big solution, obama, wha
a sense of where the promised land is and thenask us to do something. we had two huge windows after 9/11 and after barack obama got elected where people wanted that called sense of shared sacrifice and both politicians didn't do it. >> rose: is obama's future somehow beyond him buzz it is one the economy, and two, who the republicans might choose? >> i would say anglo americais in more control of barack obama's future than he is. if europe implodes, then, you know, rickantorum or...
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than us. number one, it makes them hostage to the value of our dollar and to our financial markets. if we're having a discussion in china, people would say, "what are we thinking, having all our savings in these u.s. treasury notes? you know, what if they default? what -- the interest, what if they have runaway inflation, et cetera, et cetera?" it's the imbalance between the two countries is a sign of imbalance in both of our systems. we've been too debt dependent and too over consumptive. they have been too export dependent and they haven't lived as well as they should. a poor country is lending money to a rich country. that is odd and needs to change and will. >> if you were having this conversation with president obama, he might ask you, he might say -- "jim, you say that more than two thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in china. you call your book china airborne. why should i, as president, why should our people think about china building airports?" >> i wa
than us. number one, it makes them hostage to the value of our dollar and to our financial markets. if we're having a discussion in china, people would say, "what are we thinking, having all our savings in these u.s. treasury notes? you know, what if they default? what -- the interest, what if they have runaway inflation, et cetera, et cetera?" it's the imbalance between the two countries is a sign of imbalance in both of our systems. we've been too debt dependent and too over...
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the government can make better use of the money elsewhere. the government says that some of the forest fires burning out of control may have been started deliberately of around 400 square kilometers of what land destroy the fires broke out simultaneously in eight different locations. relations between iran and america, once again under the spotlight after the u.s. said it will carry on sending aircraft carriers into the gulf. last week, a u.s. naval carrier after iran was beginning in days of naval exercises. it also included missile tests. >> iran's military chiefs fly and battle of the war games they have been conducting in the gulf. the forces have carried out 10 days of exercises. we're feeling bold enough to make threats against the united states. keep the aircraft carriers away from the gulf. >> in my opinion, those enemies that needed to leave have left. the enemies carrier was moved, and we are not starting anything unreasonable. we are ready for any threat and we advise, recommend, and warn them not to return. we are not yet have the
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don't do it, it is going to come back and bite us. it has. he is basically saying that the president of the united states, his bailout, is plotting with the gm and chrysler to send american jobs overseas to china. this is beyond a guy double parking outside of north ridge -- >> if mark is correct, and there was an internal fight, and i think we all think there had to be, because this is a pants on fire ad, the person who decides that in the end is the candidate. >> well -- >> no -- four years ago, mccain decided not to run ads that went after the jeremiah wright stuff. that was his decision to similarly, this had to be a romney decision. >> "i'm mitt romney and i --" >> a silly decision. i was in china a couple years ago and the thing that really struck me was the extent to which the u.s. car manufacturers have penetrated that market. >> we should be wanting -- >> exporting. >> but we want to build them here. >> we do build some of them here, and some of them get finished there. penetrating markets helps us. >> what degree of the shamelessnes
don't do it, it is going to come back and bite us. it has. he is basically saying that the president of the united states, his bailout, is plotting with the gm and chrysler to send american jobs overseas to china. this is beyond a guy double parking outside of north ridge -- >> if mark is correct, and there was an internal fight, and i think we all think there had to be, because this is a pants on fire ad, the person who decides that in the end is the candidate. >> well -- >>...